One Act Musicals

Pioneer Drama Service’s one act musicals are ideally suited for schools, community theatres and amateur theater groups.  When there are time constraints, whether it’s rehearsal time, production time or both, these shows are designed to give directors the opportunity to put on a the perfect musical.

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Pioneer Drama Service is pleased to offer 68 one act musicals.
It's a musical! Abracadabra, Aladdin! 
Dramatized from The Arabian Nights' Entertainment
Cast: 5M, 13F, plus 2 roles that can be either, optional chorus
Set/Time: Three simple sets / About 1 hour
Zesty fun and engaging music are all part of this adaptation.  You'll meet not one, but three genies, the whimpering Ali Bubba and the haughty sultan's wife.  More...

It's a musical! Adventures of a Comic Book Artist
Cast: Flexible cast of 15-35, optional chorus, doubling
Set/Time: Minimal representational sets / About 75 minutes
Hysterical singing superheroes and dancing villains bring to life this action-packed musical spoof of the comic book genre.   More...
It's a musical! Aesop’s Musical Foibles New title!
Cast: 9M, 6F, plus 4 roles that can be either, chorus
Set/Time: Single interior and exterior set / About 75 minutes
This lively show is jam-packed with clever dialogue, mad-cap action and modern, uproarious twists, retelling the fables like you’ve never quite heard them before!  More...
It's a musical! Animal Krackers
Cast: Flexible cast of 14 or more (men or women), fewer with doubling
Set/Time: Simple exterior set / About 1 hour
A variety of cheerful forest creatures meet to entertain each other, but the hungry Lion appears, forcing them to turn their attention to saving their lives.   More...
It's a musical! Attack of the Killer Grasshoppers
Cast: Flexible cast of 21 (roughly 6M, 15F), optional chorus
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 1 hour
A face cream has grasshoppers as a prime ingredient.  Anyone who slaps on the goop becomes...  no, it's too horrible to report!   More...
It's a musical! Beauty and the Lonely Beast
Cast: 2M, 4F
Set/Time: Several simple sets / About 1 hour
The Beast falls in love with Beauty.  Though there are some early misunderstandings, true love triumphs.  Beauty and the Beast, who is now a handsome prince, live happily ever after.   More...
It's a musical! Best of Both Worlds
Cast: Flexible cast of 31-37, chorus
Set/Time: Area staging / About 1 hour
The best — and worst!  — of both worlds meet when fantasy meets the harsh reality of school in this toe-tapping, pop musical adventure!   More...
It's a musical! The Big Bad Musical
A Howling Courtroom Comedy
Cast: Flexible cast of 14 (about 3M, 5F, plus 6 roles that can be either), chorus
Set/Time: Simple courtroom set / About 1 hour
The jury — your audience — must decide the outcome of the biggest trial ever in the fairy-tale world!   More...
It's a musical! Blue Suede Paws
A one-act musical monster spoof
Cast: Flexible cast of 30 (about 10M, 20F), optional chorus, doubling
Set/Time: Several simple sets / About 1 hour
Riverdale High School’s insecure outcast, Rupert Lydecker, takes it upon himself to visit Doctor Dangerfield’s place.  More...
It's a musical! The Brementown Musicians — The Musical
Based on the Story by The Brothers Grimm
Cast: Flexible cast of 14 (men or women)
Set/Time: Simple exterior sets / About 45 minutes
Based on the classic Grimm fairy tale, four animals desperately want to leave their barnyard duties and become the town musicians.   More...
It's a musical! Captain Bree and Her Lady Pirates
Cast: 9M, 10F, chorus
Set/Time: One simple set / About 75 minutes
Captain Bree and her lady pirates demand gold in exchange for the lives of the pretentious Madam Prescot and her nephew, who is masquerading as a girl to avoid becoming shark bait.  More...
It's a musical! Charleston! 
Cast: Flexible cast of 32 (about 11M, 21F), optional chorus, doubling
Set/Time: Open stage / About 1 hour
It’s the Roaring Twenties complete with raccoon coats, goldfish swallowers and gangsters!  A young flapper is planning a wacky birthday party.  However, trouble’s in the air!   More...
It's a musical! Cinderella
Retold as a Musical Play
Cast: Flexible cast of 14
Set/Time: Several simple sets / About 40 minutes
Additional sparkle has been added to this beloved fairy tale when Cinderella acquires a faithful dog, Rover, who is given the power of speech by the Fairy Godmother.   More...
It's a musical! The Commedia Pinocchio (a cappella musical version)
Cast: 3M, 2F
Set/Time: Bare stage / About 50 minutes
The Pinocchio story told here by Columbine, Arlequin, Punchin, Rosetta and Pantalone follows the events of the original Collodi tale, which is more worldly than later adaptations.  More...
It's a musical! The Dancing Snowman
Cast: Flexible cast of 2M, 12F, optional extras
Set/Time: Two simple exterior sets / About 1 hour
An injured dancer builds a snowman, who, in her dreams, comes alive and carries her off to Snow World.  When she is back in the real world, she understands the importance of self-confidence.   More...
It's a musical! Disco Knights
Cast: Flexible cast of 32 (about 13M, 19F), optional chorus
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 75 minutes
Who can resist smiling when thinking about the seventies?  Mood rings, Magic Eight Balls, polyester leisure suits, big hair and most important of all...  disco!   More...
It's a musical! Don't Say No to the U.S.O.! 
A Patriotic Musical Salute
Cast: Flexible cast of 30 (about 10M, 20F), optional chorus, doubling
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 1 hour
Could there be spies hiding out in a U.S.O. club?  It's up to Private Joe Kilroy (who leaves a funny cartoon wherever he goes) to protect the location of the next Allied convey.   More...
It's a musical! Doo-Wop Wed Widing Hood
A 50s Musical!
Cast: 8M, 10F, plus 3 roles that can be either, chorus
Set/Time: Area staging / About 75 minutes
It’s the 1950s, hula-hoops are in high demand, and so is Little Red Riding Hood!  Complete with the Big Bad Wolf and a sock-hopping ‘50s score, this show is guaranteed to end happily ever after!  More...
It's a musical! Dr. Jekyll...  Please Don't Hyde! 
Cast: 5M, 9F, optional chorus
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 45 minutes
The setting is Jekyll's laboratory, which doubles nicely for Hyde's apartment in Mudpie Lane.  An outrageous plot and riotous stage action combine to make this a spoof to remember.   More...
It's a musical! The Emperor's New Clothes — The Musical
Cast: Flexible cast of 17 (5M, 7F, plus 5 roles that can be either), chorus
Set/Time: Simple set / About 75 minutes
Laugh your socks off in this fairy-tale pop musical!  The kingdom of Glump has been falling apart ever since the pampered emperor became wrapped up in his tasteless wardrobe.  More...
It's a musical! Enchanted Sleeping Beauty
From the stories of Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
Cast: Flexible cast of 25 (about 7M, 18F), optional chorus, doubling
Set/Time: Simple unit set / About 75 minutes
You'll love this flexible, large cast musical version of the popular classic.  The zany, lovable characters and the score are as enchanting as Briar-Rose in this family favorite, suitable for all ages.  More...
It's a musical! The Ever After — A Musical
Cast: Flexible cast of 16 about 2M, 9F, plus 5 roles that can be either, chorus
Set/Time: Simple set / About 50 minutes
Is Ever After really as happy as everyone expected?  In a hilarious parody of daytime TV, host Sally Lizzie Jesse Donatello-Griffin wonders if time truly heals all wounds.  More...
It's a musical! Everything's Groovy! 
A Musical Tribute to the 1960s
Cast: Flexible cast of 20 (about 9M, 11F), optional chorus, doubling
Set/Time: Simple exterior set / About 1 hour
Travis, Muriel and Alice are on their hip journey to bring together the Music, Beads and Flowers Celebration.  So hop on a bus and meet the sixties generation.   More...
It's a musical! Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum! 
Cast: 5M, 11F, plus a cow character for 1 or 2 actors, optional chorus
Set/Time: Several simple sets / About 1 hour
This musical adaptation of the classic folk tale will delight your audiences.  By the end, the cow is returned, the chicken learns how to lay golden eggs and the good life returns to the kingdom.   More...
It's a musical! Forty-five Minutes From Broadway
Cast: 5M, 9F, optional chorus
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 1 hour
Dick Foster's Broadway show is opening, but he's having serious problems.  An aspiring young actress walks on the stage and could be the one to save the show, if only they had the money to put it on.   More...
It's a musical! The Frog Prince
Based Upon a Tale by The Brothers Grimm
Cast: Flexible cast of 9 - 11 (4-5M, 3F, plus 2-3 roles that can be either)
Set/Time: Simple area sets / About 50 minutes
Adapted from the fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm, a young prince has been turned into a frog by an evil witch.  A young princess, as well, lives under a witch's spell, and no one can understand her.   More...
It's a musical! Fussin' an' a-Feudin'
A hillbilly musical comedy in one act
Cast: Flexible cast of 25 (about 10M, 15F), optional chorus, doubling
Set/Time: Simple exterior set / About 60 minutes
A feud between the Tollivers and the Calhouns are making things difficult for Emmy Lou, a Tolliver, and Lee Roy, a Calhoun.  Mind you, it's not easy travelin' to the town of Lonesome Polecat.   More...
It's a musical! Going...  Going...  Gone With the Breeze
A gusty one-act musical
Cast: Flexible cast of 27 (about 8M, 19F), chorus
Set/Time: Simple area staging / About 1 hour
When word gets out that Hollywood's Lone Pine Films is planning “Breeze” as its next picture, hoards of aspiring young actresses converge on the studio.  More...
It's a musical! Guess What I Did Last Summer
A One-Act Musical Comedy
Cast: Flexible cast of 21 (roughly 8M, 13F), optional chorus
Set/Time: Simple exterior set / About 75 minutes
When Camp John Smith is declared “unfit for habitation” and given only a few days to get the camp in shape, the camp director pleads with the director of Pocahontas to allow the boys shelter.  More...
It's a musical! The Headless Horseman
Cast: 8M, 10F, optional chorus, doubling
Set/Time: Open stage setting / About 1 hour
Ichabod Crane, an awkward but likeable schoolmaster, has packed up his meager belongings and moved to Sleepy Hollow in a quest to become a kept man.  More...
It's a musical! Hi, Ho, Robin Hood
Cast: Flexible cast of 16 (about 8M, 8F), chorus, optional doubling
Set/Time: Flexible unit set / About 1 hour
Robin Hood is leading a merry life with his followers in Sherwood Forest.  Unfortunately, the evil Prince John is waging a personal war against Robin Hood.  This is family entertainment at its utmost.   More...
It's a musical! I Want My Mummy! 
Cast: 5M, 7F, optional chorus and extras
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 1 hour
Baroness Frankenstein has opened her castle to all those who can't cope with the outside world, including the Mummy, Invisible Man and a descendant of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.   More...
It's a musical! The Jungle Book — The Musical
Adapted from the Rudyard Kipling book
Cast: Flexible cast of 20, optional chorus, doubling
Set/Time: Simple exterior set / About 75 minutes
Adapted from the Rudyard Kipling book, a boy survives with the help of his friends, the bear Baloo, the panther Bagheera and the python Kaa, who teach him about Jungle Law.  More...
It's a musical! Kokonut Island
A musical krazy kaper in one-act
Cast: Flexible cast of 29 (roughly 10M, 19F), optional chorus, extras
Set/Time: Simple exterior set / About 75 minutes
A family needs to earn money on their hurricane-devastated island.  They open a private high school that guarantees a diploma to every student-in exchange for a hefty tuition fee.   More...
It's a musical! Let Your Hair Down, Rapunzel
Cast: Flexible cast of 13-19, optional chorus
Set/Time: Representational set / About 1 hour
Can Prince Llewellyn persevere over the powers of evil?  Will the sages Parsley, Rosemary and Thyme be able to help?  And can Rapunzel convince the witch that it's okay to be unique?   More...
It's a musical! The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Based on the Book By L. Frank Baum
Cast: Flexible cast of 16, chorus
Set/Time: Simple area sets / About 1 hour
Based on the book by L. Frank Baum, this is the story of how Santa Claus got started in the gift-giving business.   More...
It's a musical! A Little Bit of Magic
Cast: Flexible cast of 4 or more
Set/Time: Simple set / About 45 minutes
Do-Nothing Dale, a little picked-upon wizard, wants to know what her little bit of magic is.  On her journey to find out, she finds that she's just as special as everyone else in the world.   More...
It's a musical! The Little Match Girl
Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen
Cast: Flexible cast of 6
Set/Time: Simple exterior set / About 30 minutes
From the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, a Little Match Girl lights all her matches to keep warm.  In the light of the burning matches, happy visions appear to her.   More...
It's a musical! Little Red Riding Hood
Cast: Flexible cast of 22 or more (doubling possible)
Set/Time: Simple area sets / About 1 hour
Granny is in search of the Wolf, who has stolen her bicycle.  He is a most unusual creature who is Harvard educated, enjoys being evil and loves little children (on whole wheat toast).   More...
It's a musical! Magic in Me
Cast: Flexible cast of 22, optional chorus
Set/Time: Simple set / About 45 minutes
Do-Nothing Dale, a little picked-upon wizard, wants to know what her little bit of magic is.  On her journey to find out, she finds that she's just as special as everyone else in the world.   More...
It's a musical! The Magical Land of Oz
A Musical Based on the L. Frank Baum Classic Book
Cast: Flexible cast of 20, chorus, optional doubling
Set/Time: Simple set / About 1 hour
When Dorothy's house squashes the Wicked Witch of the East, she and Toto set out on an adventure to the great Oz with her friends, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and Tin Woodsman.   More...
It's a musical! The Magical Pied Piper
Cast: Flexible cast of 16, plus chorus and children
Set/Time: Simple exterior set / About 1 hour
There is trouble in Hamelin!  The village is overrun with rats who eat the cheese, the meat and even make nests in the baker's pies.  So Peter leads the rats from Hamelin and returns for a reward.   More...
It's a musical! Nutcracker
Based on the original E.T.A.  Hoffman tale, with songs from Tchaikovsky
Cast: Flexible cast of 14 (about 5M, 9F), chorus, optional doubling
Set/Time: No set requirements (simple props) / About 1 hour
Based on the original E.T.A.  Hoffman tale, with songs adapted from Tchaikovsky.   More...
It's a musical! Paintin' the Fence
A Tom Sawyer Musical Adventure
Cast: Flexible cast of 23, chorus
Set/Time: Several simple sets / About 1 hour
Enjoy the humor, action, fun of life by the Mississippi with this musical adaptation of the Mark Twain classic.   More...
It's a musical! The Pale Pink Dragon
Cast: Flexible cast of 22, dancers, extras
Set/Time: Three simple sets / About 1 hour
Princess Pinkie has disappeared and it's presumed that a dragon has devoured the princess.  A prince sets out to destroy the dragon.  However, when he can't kill the pale pink dragon, a spell is broken.  More...
It's a musical! The Pinocchio Show
A musical adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s classic
Cast: Flexible cast of 12-17, chorus, extras
Set/Time: Several simple sets / About 1 hour
With the help of an eclectic cast, Pinocchio learns life’s lessons through a series of hilarious mishaps and wrong turns.  More...
It's a musical! Pompadours And Poodle Skirts
A 1950s One-Act Musical
Cast: 9M, 14F, optional chorus
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 1 hour
Fifties rock 'n' roll star Curtis Jackson pays a surprise visit to the small town of Victor where he encounters a host of hilarious characters and madcap happenings.   More...
It's a musical! The Real Story of Little Red Riding Hood
Cast: Flexible cast of 10
Set/Time: Simple settings / About 1 hour
It's rare we get a chance to get the infamous Wolf's point of view of this popular story.  In this hilarious musical, however, our compassionate and sympathetic beast is understandably upset.   More...
It's a musical! Recess! 
Cast: Flexible cast of 12 (approximately 4M, 7F, plus 1 or more additional characters)
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 45 minutes
A young substitute teacher turns up at the Little Red Schoolhouse and finds her class is comprised of the funniest pupils found anywhere.   More...
It's a musical! Rock Around the Block
A Musical Fifties Extravaganza
Cast: Flexible cast of 19 (about 9M, 10F), optional chorus
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 1 hour
Gracie has promised that her distant cousin, a rock star, will perform for the Hippity Hop.  The problem?  Her cousin's manager doesn't want his client performing without pay.   More...
It's a musical! The Rockin' Tale of Snow White
Cast: Flexible cast of 30, chorus
Set/Time: Representational sets / About 75 minutes
The tale of Snow White has never felt so fresh and new with this funny adaptation that will make even the most jaded among us laugh out loud!   More...
It's a musical! Rocky of the Rainforest
Cast: Flexible cast of 20 (roughly 8M, 12F), optional chorus, extras
Set/Time: Very simple exterior set / About 1 hour
A film producer is desperately searching for an unknown to portray the lead in his next film.  He's about to give up when he learns of a wild jungle man living deep within the Amazon rainforest.   More...
It's a musical! Rogue of the Railway
or...  Should He Free Her or Knot? 
Cast: 10M, 10F, optional chorus and extras
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 1 hour
Your audiences will be hitched to their seats as they watch a speeding train race towards our heroine, bound to a railway track.  Only Sheriff Billy Bold, our hero, can rescue her.   More...
It's a musical! Seven Brides for Dracula
Cast: 5M, 7F
Set/Time: One interior set / About 1 hour
This is truly a short vampire musical that is long on fun.  More...
It's a musical! Shake With a Zombie
A One-Act Musical Comedy
Cast: Flexible cast of 4-7M, 6-9F, optional chorus, extras
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 1 hour
A bizarre creature named Mongo visits a small desert community and wins over the affection of the local teenagers.  But wait!  It's all part of Mongo's wicked scheme to conquer the world.   More...
It's a musical! The Shoemaker and the Elves
Cast: Flexible cast of 15, plus chorus and extras
Set/Time: Simple representational set / About 1 hour
After a kind shoemaker gives an old beggar woman his last pair of shoes, he sets material out to make just a single pair.  That night, five elves create magical shoes.   More...
It's a musical! Sleeping Beauty
Cast: Flexible cast of 11
Set/Time: Several simple sets / About 1 hour
In this musical adaptation of the classic fairy tale, the evil Thornberry puts a curse on Princess Elaine.  The brave Prince Dauntless battles a fire-breathing dragon to break the magic spell.   More...
It's a musical! Swiss Family Robinson
Cast: Flexible cast of 14
Set/Time: Simple exterior set / About 1 hour
In this fascinating adaptation of the Johann Wyss classic, you travel with a shipwrecked family to a deserted island.  The family works together to build their home, only to be threatened by pirates.   More...
It's a musical! Tale of Beauty and the Beast
Cast: 5M, 9F, plus 4 roles that can be either, optional chorus
Set/Time: Simple area set / About 1 hour
A selfish prince rejects a powerful witch.  After a curse is placed on him, he is destined to be a beast until he learns to love.  More...
It's a musical! The Tale of Peter Rabbit (and Benjamin Bunny)
Cast: 4M, 5F, plus 3 roles that can be either, optional chorus, extras
Set/Time: Simple exterior set / About 1 hour
Everyone knows that you stay out of Mr. McGregor's garden, a world filled with excitement and scrumptious vegetables!  The thrills are just beginning when the angry farmer spots two silly bunnies.   More...
It's a musical! The Taming of Katy Lou
Cast: 8M, 4F, plus 4 roles that can be either, optional chorus
Set/Time: Simple exterior set / About 45 minutes
With many apologies to William Shakespeare, actors and audiences alike will have a rip-roaring good time with this entertaining musical take-off of The Taming of the Shrew.   More...
It's a musical! Through the Looking Glass
A Wild and Wacky Version of the Classic Story
Cast: Flexible cast of 9-25, chorus,
Set/Time: Minimal set requirements / About 1 hour
Your audiences will recognize some of their favorite characters of Wonderland and meet dozens of new ones in Alice's hip-hopping journey through a looking glass.   More...
It's a musical! Twinderella — The Musical
Cast: Flexible cast of 31 (12M, 10F, plus 9 roles that can be either), chorus, optional doubling
Set/Time: Simple area staging / About 70 minutes
This hilarious musical send-up of Cinderella will delight actors and audiences alike.  More...
It's a musical! A Twist of the Tongue
Cast: Flexible cast of 27 (roughly 9M, 18F)
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 1 hour
Mr. Roses may have what it takes to sing an ode to Shakespeare and dance the do-si-do but how is he going to stand up to his 30-year rival, Sally Seashell?  More...
It's a musical! Unhappily Ever After
Cast: 5M, 11F
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 1 hour
When Sleeping Beauty will do nothing but nap and the Frog Prince refuses to give up his amphibian ways, a marriage counselor has no choice but to rewrite the endings of famous fairy tales.   More...
It's a musical! The Velveteen Rabbit (musical)
Based on the story by Margery Williams
Cast: Flexible cast of 12, chorus
Set/Time: Several simple sets / About 1 hour
Your audiences will be moved when the little boy announces his Velveteen Rabbit is real, and the Nursery Magic Fairy turns this love into a miracle.   More...
It's a musical! Welcome to Bedside Manor
Cast: Flexible cast of 23 (about 7M, 16F), optional chorus, doubling
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 60 minutes
This tune-filled romp will delight you in this madcap look at life at Bedside Manor Hospital...  the craziest place in town.   More...
It's a musical! Westward, Whoa! 
Cast: Flexible cast of about 29 (about 9M, 20F), chorus, optional doubling
Set/Time: Simple exterior set / About 1 hour
This fast-paced musical comedy is filled with fun roles and a spry music score.  More...